diff --git a/entrypoint/src/bootstrap/garage.go b/entrypoint/src/bootstrap/garage.go
index 21d194e..2711ba0 100644
--- a/entrypoint/src/bootstrap/garage.go
+++ b/entrypoint/src/bootstrap/garage.go
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ func (b Bootstrap) GaragePeers() []garage.RemotePeer {
 func (b Bootstrap) GarageRPCPeerAddrs() []string {
 	var addrs []string
 	for _, peer := range b.GaragePeers() {
-		addrs = append(addrs, peer.RPCPeerAddr())
+		addr := peer.RPCPeerAddr()
+		addrs = append(addrs, addr)
 	}
 	return addrs
 }
diff --git a/entrypoint/src/cmd/entrypoint/admin.go b/entrypoint/src/cmd/entrypoint/admin.go
index c844ed6..97b8c2d 100644
--- a/entrypoint/src/cmd/entrypoint/admin.go
+++ b/entrypoint/src/cmd/entrypoint/admin.go
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ var subCmdAdminCreateNetwork = subCmd{
 			"Domain name that should be used as the root domain in the network.",
 		)
 
-		subnetStr := flags.StringP(
-			"subnet", "s", "",
-			"CIDR which denotes the subnet that IPs hosts on the network can be assigned.",
+		ipNetStr := flags.StringP(
+			"ip-net", "i", "",
+			`IP+prefix (e.g. "10.10.0.1/16") which denotes the IP of this host, which will be the first host in the network, and the range of IPs which other hosts in the network can be assigned`,
 		)
 
 		hostName := flags.StringP(
 			"name", "n", "",
-			"Name of the host which will be the first host in the network",
+			"Name of this host, which will be the first host in the network",
 		)
 
 		if err := flags.Parse(subCmdCtx.args); err != nil {
@@ -87,15 +87,15 @@ var subCmdAdminCreateNetwork = subCmd{
 			return daemon.CopyDefaultConfig(os.Stdout, envAppDirPath)
 		}
 
-		if *domain == "" || *subnetStr == "" || *hostName == "" {
-			return errors.New("--domain, --subnet, and --name are required")
+		if *domain == "" || *ipNetStr == "" || *hostName == "" {
+			return errors.New("--domain, --ip-net, and --name are required")
 		}
 
 		*domain = strings.TrimRight(strings.TrimLeft(*domain, "."), ".")
 
-		ip, subnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(*subnetStr)
+		ip, subnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(*ipNetStr)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("parsing %q as a CIDR: %w", *subnetStr, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("parsing %q as a CIDR: %w", *ipNetStr, err)
 		}
 
 		if err := validateHostName(*hostName); err != nil {
diff --git a/entrypoint/src/garage/garage.go b/entrypoint/src/garage/garage.go
index 0eb0146..e9752a6 100644
--- a/entrypoint/src/garage/garage.go
+++ b/entrypoint/src/garage/garage.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func InitAlloc(metaDirPath string) (string, error) {
 			return false
 
 		} else if _, err = os.Stat(path); errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+			err = nil
 			return false
 
 		} else if err != nil {
@@ -100,5 +101,5 @@ func InitAlloc(metaDirPath string) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("writing public key to %q: %w", nodeKeyPubPath, err)
 	}
 
-	return "", nil
+	return hex.EncodeToString(pubKey), nil
 }